I have around 50 hours in Chipmunks, mostly in the Royal Navy's "Britannia Flight" at Plymouth gained during RN service in the early 80's. I also did a few hours a couple of years ago in the Airborne Aviation machine at Camden, SW of Sydney. I now fly a Pitts S-2C and recall that, by comparison, the Chipmunk had fantastic forward visibility. Like everyone else says, the controls are beautifully harmonised, and it's one of the few basic training aircraft I still look forward to flying, even after the Pitts!